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Copter crash at gas rig kills 20 workers

A helicopter belonging to Ukraine's state gas company crashed as it tried to land on a Black Sea drilling platform, killing all 20 people aboard, officials said.

The Mi-8 helicopter went down about 40 miles offshore, said Valentyn Zemlyansky, a spokesman for the company, Naftogaz. The craft's tail hit a support pole on the rig, and then the copter fell onto the rig and caught fire, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.